Thursday, April 05, 2018

Thank you to Book Passage in Corte Madera for hosting the Max and Marla Are Having a Picnic book launch! And thank you to everybody who came to celebrate! There is more to come. We'll be at A Great Good Place for Books in Oakland @4 PM, CA on Saturday, April 7 for a special storytime and book signing.

Sunday, March 18, 2018

Wait. Wait…wait! My goodness, what an exciting month! MAX AND MARLA ARE HAVING A PICNIC is almost (and finally) ready to celebrate its very own book birthday on March 27. This is the second book about two best friends, which I wrote and illustrated.

“A nighttime picnic on the bedroom floor is cozy and friendly–and a saving moment for the friendship. Simple and emotionally resonant.” – Kirkus

“Boiger’s watercolor scenes are filled with small, endearing details that suggest a world in miniature. With subtle emotion, she expresses the negative feelings that can stew between friends following a disappointment. The absence of any adults—or anyone else, for that matter—gives these two characters a sweetly appealing independence.” – Publishers Weekly

This will be an event to launch the book! Some fun introduction, a book reading, cake and hot cocoa, an extra-fun Max and Marla arts and craft activity for children designed and lead by Amelia Strader @Gogo Craft and a raffle with a special Max and Marla surprise prize. And of course, I’ll be signing books! Come, bring your children, friends and family, and listen, mingle, enjoy the good company at this beautiful independent book store in the Bay Area.

Friday, March 16, 2018

😊Sweet! SHE PERSISTED was selected for Notable Social Studies 2018! @CBCBook @NCSSNetwork #Notables2018Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People is an annual reading list of exceptional books for use in social studies classrooms, selected by social studies educators. It’s an annual project of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and the CBC. This bibliography features K-12 annotated titles published in the previous calendar year, selected by a book review committee appointed by the NCSS. To see the full list, click here.

I came back on Monday from a visit to New York, where I joined Chelsea Clinton and our editor Jill Santopolo at the Brooklyn Library for a special book event. Thank you so much to everybody who came, and everybody who helped setting it all up. During my trip I also visited the Penguin office. The wonderful Jill Santopolo (editor of She Persisted and She Persisted Around the World) interviewed me there during a live FB chat. Here we go!